Comments on: Joint Review: The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:01:45 +0000

If you want to read more about Michael, make sure to pick up the four Echo Company books! (Although Rebecca doesn’t come into his life until #3, and they aren’t really “friends” until #4…) These books alternate between their POVs, tells you more about Michael’s family and previous life in Colorado, etc.

Ms. White likes to “overlap character worlds,” if you will; Rebecca gets a tiny mention in a couple of her other books as the main character’s family doctor, so you kinda DO get a sense of what eventually happens to her

By: Kika

Kika — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:09:43 +0000

ah yes haha this has Angie written all over it! She got me hooked on Ellen Emerson White and even pimped this book out to me and the thief series?
GO.READ.NOW.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:53:28 +0000

Thanks for celebrating one of my favorite authors and thanks to my author-sister Marlane Kennedy for directing me here.

For those of you who want to know…read Ellen’s ‘All Emergencies Ring Super’ to find a clue as to what Rebecca did with her life. It is a very subtle clue and I missed it entirely until Ellen herself pointed it out to me!

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:13:54 +0000

Great review. I love this book. Now I just want to go read it again, it’s been too long.

By: Li

Li — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:10:43 +0000

I read The President’s Daughter recently (thanks to Angie’s pimping ) and made a mental note to order the rest from that series. Very addictive writing.

Must add this one to the order now – thank you for the review!

By: Michelle M

Michelle M — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:10 +0000

I too finally took Angie’s advice and picked up ‘The Road Home’ and haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Thanks for reminding me again how amazing it was – I think I need to pull it out again. Oh yes! loved, loved that postcard Rebecca sends to Major Doyle at the end!

Go Marillier, Turner, White!

By: Gail Dayton

Gail Dayton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:19:03 +0000

Now I have ANOTHER book I have to read. (sigh) This one sounds SO good.

And Yes! Right Now, go get Megan Whalen Turner’s THE THIEF, and THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA and THE KING OF ATTOLIA and Read Them! The Thief is more obviously to me YA, but they are all wonderful. I loved the Queen & King more, but loved them all. READ. NOW.

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:16:30 +0000

So you’re saying I need a new author to harp on. Hm. Tired of the Marillier, Turner, White! Marillier, Turner, White! mantra are you? I mean sometimes I vary it up with a little McKinley! and Shinn! for good measure, but I see your point.

*plots*

Janicu, while I plot go read DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST already, will ya?

By: janicu

janicu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:08:53 +0000

For a second I thought Ana’s comment was from Angie, because that’s EXACTLY what she said!!

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:59:09 +0000

I’m so happy…

Such a great review, you two. I’m glad you enjoyed it. This book is all about the characters for me as well.

Thea, like you, I ate up Rebecca’s relationship with “that foxy major.” I always look forward to the scene where she shows up on her doorstep at Walter Reed. And then, of course, the postcard at the end. *grin*

Ana, like you, I’m more than a little in love with Michael+Rebecca. Their relationship was sweet and real and painful in all the ways that I love. Well done on the quote from his letter, btw.

Loved both of your final thoughts. It was hard picking a book I knew neither of you would probably ever pick up. Thanks for reading, guys!